Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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Local plants provide services, jobs ID Si.hwalm (ABOVE) justing ph Maintaining adequate phone service requires checking and ad- one lines. TA irectory assistance, what city please? In a large LJ carpeted office, 30-40 operators sit at cubicles amid pages of telephone listings, asking that same question hun- dreds of times a day. Number information is just one of the many forms of daily service Indiana Bell Telephone pro- vides for Bloomington and the entire 812 area code region. Practically every lU student takes advantage of the phone company ' s services. Two other Bloomington corporations, Otis Elevator Company and Westinghouse Electric Corpora- tion, have more indirect ties with the university. Traveling up to the graduate library ' s tenth floor, students ride in elevators manufactured by some of the Otis Com- pany ' s 800 employes. When students take a break from their studies, they head to the cafeteria on Otis escalators. Otis contributes more to the university than just elevators and escalators — it also provides students. Raymond Vry- daghs, employment supervisor for the Bloomington plant explained the company ' s tuition-refund plan. He said many Otis employes enhance their careers by furthering their edu- cations in work-related fields. Otis reimburses the workers for a substantial part of their tuition fees, Vrydaghs said. Several employes have obtained bachelors or masters de- grees in business, he continued. While Otis contributes students to the university, the Wes- tinghouse corporation works in a reverse manner. lU stu- dents are among the 700 people employed at the plant. The around-the-clock service offered by Indiana Bell makes it difficult for the phone company to hire students for positions there. Most persons would think a directory assis- tance operator ' s job would be ideal work for students. But, as Kenneth H. Smith, equipment supervisor at Bell explained, the continuous shifts operators must work make it impossible for students to work because of their conflict- ing class schedules. While Indiana Bell has refrained from hiring students, the phone company has helped them by handling what Smith calls the lU Rush. These rushes take place each year as school sessions resume, and students request phone installa- tions. But, we bust ourselves to give next-day service, if possible, Smith said. As the phone company completes these installations, the customers are serviced by one of the most ultra-modern communications systems in the world, said Smith. With this system, we have been able to create new types of ser- vice available to lU that was not available any place else in the world, he continued. Marianne Gleissner

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Practically every lU student takes advantage of the phone company ' s services. Two other Bloomington corporations, Otis Elevator Company and Westinghouse Electric Corporation, have more indirect ties with the university. Scott Comegys (TOP) ILI students are among the 700 employes at the Westinghouse plant on North Curry pike. (ABOVT:) IU grad student in education Starlin Walton, left, and business major (erome lones, junior, right, experience the ups and downs of factory work on the Otis Elevator Company escalator assembly line.

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Limestone forms Bloomington foundation In its heyday, Indiana limestone was the most sought-after building material in the country. Kicking off the lime- stone craze was the Monroe County Courthouse built in 1829 . It was the first building to be constructed of the light- colored stone. The birth of the industry did not occur until 1850 with the development of the railroad. Limestone as a building mate- rial was used at a growing rate until the Great Depression when the industry rose and fell with the national economy. After World War II, the use of limestone climbed steadily until 1955. At that time, limestone production leveled off at about 600,000 tons a year and began to decline in 1963. According to local authorities, the industry ' s 14-year de- cline is nearly over. Changing architectural fashions and energy conservation factors are contributing to the upswing, William McDonald, architectural services director of the Indiana Limestone In- stitute, said. In terms of conservation, limestone is good because of its ability to insulate. Stone is the best conductor of energy, Clayton Holmes, general manager of the Independent Limes- tone company, said. In a stone building, less heating or air- conditioning is needed than for a glass building of similar size, he said. Another highlight of the limestone industry is that In- diana reserves of the stone will last indefinitely. We will not run out of Indiana building stone within the life pros- pects of the human race, John Patton, state geologist of the Indiana Geological Survey, said. Monroe and Lawrence counties, Patton said, produce more limestone than any other area in the United States. Il 1 5 1 ' 1 Ml ■■ ' ■ r I V; 1 1 . « J- ' i - V 5.: Un t M M XWi ik j - . n -